And that""s the bet! Now does anybody want any of it? Huh?" Harding, contemptuously nicknamed "Hard-on" by McMurphy, gambles $25 that McMurphy isn""t strong enough.He knew where he was going.He had his foot in the door and he kept right on pushing o get in.He had lost the election, but he had won the state - and he knew it, and the people knew it.They were all hopping on his bandwagon, even Tiny Duffy.Yup, Willie came back like he said he would...He won the hearts of his constituents by fighting state government corruption and proclaiming that his new platform was to "soak he fat boys and I""m gonna spread it out thin.In just two days of courtship, he had become enraptured by her beauty, attractiveness, inquisitive and educated nature, and bold independence:Bick: Ma""am, that takes a heap of readin"", Texas does.(Frenchy stuffs the signed-over deed to the land into her low-cut dress)Kent: (as he grabs the paper) I""ll take care of that.